We leave La Paz County Park and continue towards
Quartzite. We stop for a moment at this
tiny chapel, which simply says “Enter, Rest, Pray.” Nice idea on someone’s part!
We pass small homes, a few businesses in Salome, including
this place which sold all sorts of metal art, which seems popular in the southwest.
Further along we pass the tiny town of Hope, AZ and instead
of sign saying “Leaving Hope” or “Come Back Soon”, they have a sign which says
“You Are Now Beyond Hope”.
We arrive at Quartzite about 9:15 and head for Hi Jolly BLM
land where we heard there were a group of Roadtrekers. Unfortunately, we find that they left 2 days
ago so we go look around town. There are
RVers everywhere and the desert outside of town has hundreds of campers. We look around main street till we find a
program and some information on Quartzite, then decide to go to the Pow-Wow Gem
& Mineral Show. It is similar to
the shows we have gone to in Tucson – actually some of these folks will head
that way next week. This show has a lot
more agate, jasper, fire opal and other local rocks/stones and fewer cut and
polished actual gemstones. Lots of
fossils, rough stones, stone cutting and polishing equipment, jewelry,
etc. Lots of other vendors in town as well.
We camp out on the fringes of the already assembled
campers.
Go for a walk out on the desert
and find a few rocks for the collection.
Greg cooks hamburgers on the grill for dinner and we enjoy a quiet night
and gorgeous sunset.
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